Recording the journey…and knitting

I am learning hairpin lace, I am glad I am, but I’m not sold on it as a technique yet. It is a tad fiddly.

I am still working on socks I have no pictures for and my sweater. I have finished a scarf, but I’m not ready to show that one yet 😉

UPDATE! I totally for got to post the picture of my new earring frame!

I had the frame and used some leftover sock yarn and I even had the staples to put it all together! I saw this on Pinterest a while back and have been wanting to do it, when I found some extra frames I set to work.

With the start of a new round at one of my Ravelry groups, the WIP are multiplying faster then tribbles. This is the third time knitting this, because I am developing a pattern for it.

Next is another pair of socks. Who are they for? Who knows yet. (sorry no pics of them yet). I am making a leafy scarf from the home spun I showed last week. I have also started a new sweater, here are my gathered materials.

Today’s WIP is a sweater for Gavin. V-neck for Gavin is a cotton sweater, with a v-neck (duh), a stripe and purl pattern in three colors. This one is kinda giving me fits. I had to frog (or rip out) the whole of it and start over, the sweater was the right length, but too big around. Then in the second attempt I had to frog a couple of rows. So now I’m going at a good clip and hope I don’t have to do any other adjustments. The yarn I am using; I love this cotton by Hobby Lobby is nice, but it does shed cotton all over. I am hoping to have this done relatively soon, maybe by the time school starts.

Or works in progress. I have about six or seven. I can’t show any pictures because I don’t usually take pictures throughout the project, just at the end. I am going to go through a few anyway and link them anyway to my Ravelry Page. First is steamy sweater for mama . Check out the link to get my insperation for the sweater, Buttony Sweater It is a top down sweater , raglan sleeves, cable work, an asymmetrical button band. when finished it will hit below my hips or tunic style. I have yet to decide some details of the sleeves. That is the most wonderful thing of doing a sweater top down; you can make some decisions later about how to finish it. I find going bottom up too limeting. I am always too anxious to get started on the shaping, so I end up not making it long enough! The yearn is a beautiful sea foamy color, and so soft, I would link a photo of the color but I was not likeing anything 😦 . The buttons are a beautiful silver with gold detailing. I can’t wait for this sweater to be done but it is one that gets put aside for other projects, I’m not complaining it just the way it is.